55.7079° N, 13.1983° E

LUND

Most Famous People Born in Lund, Sweden

Notable people
658
Peak decade
1910s
Median birth year
1920
Most distinctive
Ämbetsman 46.2×

A medieval Skåne university town whose page looks like a faculty directory that occasionally wanders into the arts — a Physician bench running at better than four times the global baseline, an Artist concentration at similar heights, a thick nineteenth-century Painter and Architect presence, and, in a twist nobody sees coming, a Handball cluster at better than eight times baseline.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Lund during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1910s with 55 notable births.

What Lund Is Known For

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Actor is Lund's biggest profession — 9% of all notables (57).

Lund over-indexes on ämbetsman46.2× the global rate.

Lund under-produces football — only 0.3× the global rate.

  1. Actor57
  2. Writer44
  3. Painter40
  4. Politician35
  5. Artist32
  6. Physician22
  7. Football19
  8. Handball18
  1. Ämbetsman746.2×
  2. Handball188.8×
  3. Son76.7×
  4. Physician224.8×
  5. Artist324.7×
  6. Professor73.9×
  7. Architect142.4×
  8. Sculptor102.3×
  1. Football190.3×
  2. Politician350.5×
  3. Singer80.6×
  4. Lawyer80.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Lund's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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658 notable people

0001 ACTOR

Max von Sydow

1929 - 2020

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0002 SINGER

Måns Zelmerlöw

Born 1986

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0003 MUSIC

Axwell

Born 1977

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0004 FILM

Lukas Moodysson

Born 1969

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0005 PHYSICIST

Kai Siegbahn

1918 - 2007

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0006 SCREENWRITER

Mikael Håfström

Born 1960

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0007 SINGER

Jan Malmsjö

Born 1932

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0008 ACTOR

Sverrir Gudnason

Born 1978

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0009 WRITER

Elin Wägner

1882 - 1949

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0010 FOOTBALL

Daniel Andersson (footballer, born 1977)

Born 1977

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0011 ACTOR

Jakob Cedergren

Born 1973

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0012 POLITICIAN

Ulf Kristersson

Born 1963

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0013 FOOTBALL

Joel Ekstrand

Born 1989

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0014 ACTOR

Alf Kjellin

1920 - 1988

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0015 PAINTER

Carl Fredrik Hill

1849 - 1911

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0016 FOOTBALL

Labinot Harbuzi

1986 - 2018

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0017 FILM

Viking Eggeling

1880 - 1925

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0018 SINGER

Amanda Jenssen

Born 1988

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0019 SINGER

Timbuktu (musician)

Born 1975

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0020 SINGER

Brother Leo (musician)

Born 1986

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0021 BIOLOGIST

Anders Retzius

1796 - 1860

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0022 POET

Göran Sonnevi

Born 1939

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0023 ARTIST

Liv Strömquist

Born 1978

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0024 BOTANIST

Jacob Georg Agardh

1813 - 1901

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0025 PLAYER

Joachim Johansson

Born 1982

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0026 ATHLETIC

Linus Thörnblad

Born 1985

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0027 ACTOR

Torkel Petersson

Born 1969

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0028 FOOTBALL

Ivo Pękalski

Born 1990

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0029 PHYSICIST

Sverker Johansson

Born 1961

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0030 FOOTBALL

Andreas Jakobsson

Born 1972

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0031 FILM

Marianne Ahrne

Born 1940

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0032 JUMPER

Rolf-Göran Bengtsson

Born 1962

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0033 PLAYER

Magnus Gustafsson

Born 1967

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0034 PHYSICIST

Carl Wilhelm Oseen

1879 - 1944

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0035 WRITER

Gösta Adrian-Nilsson

1884 - 1965

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0036 HANDBALL

Kim Ekdahl du Rietz

Born 1989

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0037 SONGWRITER

Niklas Strömstedt

Born 1958

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0038 AUTHOR

Cecilia Lindqvist

Born 1932

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0039 SONGWRITER

Laila Bagge Wahlgren

Born 1972

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0040 ACTRESS

Ingrid Luterkort

1910 - 2011

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0041 WRITER

Sigrid Rausing

Born 1962

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0042 ACTOR

David Batra

Born 1972

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0043 CHESS

Nils Grandelius

Born 1993

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0044 WRITER

Anna Wahlgren

Born 1942

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0045 BIOLOGIST

Bengt Lidforss

1868 - 1913

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0046 PHILOLOGIST

Johan Ihre

1707 - 1780

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0047 NOVELIST

Lina Wolff

Born 1973

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0048 HISTORIAN

Lauritz Weibull

1873 - 1960

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0049 WRITER

Katrine Marçal

Born 1983

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0050 HISTORIAN

Curt Weibull

1886 - 1991

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0051 ACTOR

Eva Remaeus

1950 - 1993

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0052 PLAYER

Henrik Sundström

Born 1964

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0053 DRIVER

Björn Wirdheim

Born 1980

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0054 ACTOR

Michael Segerström

Born 1944

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0055 BALLET

Else Fisher

1918 - 2006

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0056 FILM

Peter Cohen (director)

Born 1946

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0057 AUTHOR

Ninni Holmqvist

Born 1958

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0058 LINGUIST

Carl August Hagberg

1810 - 1864

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0059 PHOTOGRAPHER

Torgny Wickman

1911 - 1997

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0060 HANDBALL

Sabina Jacobsen

Born 1989

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0061 PRIEST

Bertil Werkström

1928 - 2010

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0062 ACTOR

Peter Eggers

Born 1980

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0063 PSYCHOLOGIST

Torsten Husén

1916 - 2009

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0064 FOOTBALL

Caroline Jönsson

Born 1977

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0065 DESIGNER

Gillis Lundgren

1929 - 2016

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0066 THEOLOGIAN

Einar Billing

1871 - 1939

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0067 CARTOONIST

Cecilia Torudd

Born 1942

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0068 WRITER

Axel Wallengren

1865 - 1896

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0069 WRITER

Unni Drougge

Born 1956

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0070 OLYMPIC

Max Salminen

Born 1988

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0071 FOOTBALL

Stellan Nilsson

1922 - 2003

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0072 MATHEMATICIAN

Nils Dencker

Born 1953

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0073 PHYSICIAN

Ivar Wickman

1872 - 1914

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0074 POLITICIAN

Lars von Engeström

1751 - 1826

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0075 HANDBALL

Andreas Palicka

Born 1986

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0076 ATHLETIC

Agne Holmström

1893 - 1949

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0077 ACTIVIST

Ingrid Segerstedt Wiberg

1911 - 2010

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0078 ENTOMOLOGIST

Hans Daniel Johan Wallengren

1823 - 1894

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0079 CHEMIST

Gunnar Blix

1894 - 1981

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0080 PROFESSOR

Gustaf Ljunggren

1823 - 1905

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0081 AUTHOR

K. G. Ossiannilsson

1875 - 1970

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0082 MUSIC

Rolf Billberg

1930 - 1966

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0083 FILM

Göran Olsson

Born 1965

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0084 HISTORIAN

Gunnar Carlquist

1889 - 1963

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0085 ACADEMIC

Per Stjernquist

1912 - 2005

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0086 HISTORIAN

Sten Lindroth

1914 - 1980

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0087 FOOTBALL

Mirza Halvadžić

Born 1996

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0088 FOOTBALL

Johanna Wiberg

Born 1983

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0089 MARTIAL ART

Akira Corassani

Born 1982

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0090 ACTOR

Einar Axelsson

1895 - 1971

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0091 PLAYER

Lars-Anders Wahlgren

Born 1966

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0092 ACTOR

David Wiberg

Born 1973

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0093 ROMANIST

Emanuel Walberg

1873 - 1951

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0094 ZOOLOGIST

Otto Andreas Lowson Mörch

1828 - 1878

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0095 WRITER

Lars Jakobson

Born 1959

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0096 FOOTBALL

Carl Johansson (footballer, born 1994)

Born 1994

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0097 TRANSLATOR

Mats Malm

Born 1964

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0098 DIPLOMAT

Tomas Bertelman

Born 1945

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0099 FOOTBALL

Nils-Åke Sandell

1927 - 1992

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0100 FILM

Clas Lindberg

Born 1956

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0101 POET

Rut Hillarp

1914 - 2003

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0102 INVENTOR

Rune Elmqvist

1906 - 1996

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0103 ZOOLOGIST

August Wilhelm Malm

1821 - 1882

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0104 ACADEMIC

Peter Aaby

Born 1944

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0105 AIR FORCE

Axel Ljungdahl

1897 - 1995

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0106 WRITER

Niklas Krog

Born 1965

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0107 THEOLOGIAN

Edvard Magnus Rodhe

1878 - 1954

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0108 FLAUTIST

Gunilla von Bahr

1941 - 2013

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0109 POLITICIAN

Ulf Holm

Born 1969

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0110 LITERARY

Arvid Ahnfelt

1845 - 1890

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0111 FILM

Simon Klose

Born 1975

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0112 JUDGE

Karin Maria Bruzelius

Born 1941

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0113 MUSIC

Miriam Aïda

Born 1974

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0114 ACTOR

Karl-Ewert Christenson

1888 - 1965

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0115 ATHLETIC

Henry Palmé

1907 - 1987

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0116 WRESTLER

Tor Nilsson

1919 - 1989

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0117 PAINTER

Edvard Perséus

1841 - 1890

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0118 CHEMIST

Bengt Nordén

Born 1945

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0119 ENTOMOLOGIST

Carl H. Lindroth

1905 - 1979

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0120 MILITAR

Sverker Göranson

Born 1954

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0121 ARCHITECT

Folke Zettervall

1862 - 1955

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0122 ARTIST

Sara Granér

Born 1980

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0123 POLITICIAN

Mathias Rosenblad

1758 - 1847

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0124 PAINTER

Axel Kulle

1846 - 1908

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0125 PHOTOGRAPHER

Lina Jonn

1861 - 1896

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0126 HANDBALL

Simon Jeppsson

Born 1995

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0127 INVENTOR

Aina Wifalk

1928 - 1983

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0128 WRITER

Sara Mannheimer

Born 1967

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0129 GYMNAST

Hjördis Nordin

Born 1932

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0130 AUTHOR

Mia Leche Löfgren

1878 - 1966

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0131 THEOLOGIAN

Erik Aurelius

Born 1946

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0132 PLAYER

Cecilia Dahlman

Born 1968

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0133 ENGINEER

Anders Lindquist

Born 1942

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0134 POLITICIAN

Jörgen Weibull

1924 - 1998

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0135 PRIEST

Asser Thorkilsson

1055 - 1137

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0136 FOOTBALL

Elias Dolah

Born 1993

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0137 HISTORIAN

Carl Fehrman

1915 - 2010

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0138 ARTIST

Sune Nordgren

Born 1948

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0139 HANDBALL

Anna Lagerquist

Born 1993

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0140 WRITER

Mecka Lind

Born 1942

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0141 GOLF

Louise Stahle

Born 1985

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0142 ACTOR

Anna-Lena Bergelin

Born 1959

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0143 DIPLOMAT

Carl Fredrik Liljevalch Sr.

1796 - 1870

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0144 ARTIST

Pontus Carle

Born 1955

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0145 LÄRARE

Johan Thyrén

1861 - 1933

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0146 FOOTBALL

Oskar Rönningberg

Born 1986

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0147 POET

Eva Brag

1829 - 1913

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0148 ARTIST

Joseph Magnus Stäck

1812 - 1868

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0149 WRITER

Kerstin Norborg

Born 1961

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0150 ACTOR

Mim Persson

1902 - 1982

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0151 ACTOR

Tobias Aspelin

Born 1968

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0152 COMEDIAN

Johan Wester

Born 1967

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0153 DRAUGHTSWOMAN

Theodor Wåhlin

1864 - 1948

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0154 RESEARCH

Patrik Rorsman

Born 1959

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0155 SCREENWRITER

Kalle Lind

Born 1975

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0156 CHESS

Folke Ekström

1906 - 2000

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0157 PHYSICIAN

Nils Liljequist

1851 - 1936

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0158 DIPLOMAT

Klas Böök

1909 - 1980

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0159 WRITER

Sven Alfons

1918 - 1996

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0160 FOOTBALL

Tobias Holmqvist

Born 1988

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0161 BASKET

Martin Pahlmblad

Born 1986

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0162 SINGER

Dina Edling

1854 - 1935

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0163 HIJO

Anders Lidbeck

1772 - 1829

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0164 POLITICIAN

Peter Egardt

Born 1949

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0165 CHEMIST

Gustaf von Engeström

1738 - 1813

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0166 PLAYER

David Ekerot

Born 1970

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0167 DOCENT

Nils Peter Angelin

1805 - 1876

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0168 DIPLOMAT

Bo Siegbahn

1915 - 2008

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0169 ATHLETIC

Ida Storm

Born 1991

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0170 JOURNALIST

Axel Holmström

1881 - 1947

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0171 DESIGNER

Johan Lindeberg

Born 1957

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0172 FOOTBALL

Nils Hult

Born 1939

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0173 ATHLETIC

Leif Dahlgren

1906 - 1998

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0174 ACTOR

Åsa Elmgren

Born 1966

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0175 ECONOMIST

Sten Malmquist

1917 - 2004

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0176 PHILANTHROPIST

Hans Kristian Rausing

Born 1963

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0177 WRITER

Tina Thunander

Born 1955

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0178 PRIEST

Olof Herrlin

1914 - 1992

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0179 ACTOR

Robin Stegmar

Born 1974

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0180 AUTHOR

Karl-Aage Schwartzkopf

1920 - 2009

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0181 BUSINESS

Stig Ramel

1927 - 2006

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0182 WRITER

Ida Börjel

Born 1975

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0183 SECRETARY

Mattias Benzelstierna

1713 - 1791

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0184 PRIEST

Albert Lysander

1875 - 1956

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0185 ACTOR

Ingvar Andersson (skådespelare)

Born 1937

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0186 PAINTER

Wilhelm Dahlbom

1855 - 1928

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0187 ACTOR

Harald Leander

Born 1962

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0188 HANDBALL

Maria Adler

Born 1992

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0189 CAMPAIGN

Erik Josefsson (activist)

Born 1963

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0190 PHYSICIAN

Martin Ingvar

Born 1955

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0191 THEOLOGIAN

Stefan Gustavsson (teolog)

Born 1960

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0192 POLITICIAN

Peter Althin

Born 1941

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0193 WRITER

Ingrid Arvidsson

Born 1919

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0194 SCULPTOR

Ida Göthilda Nilsson

1840 - 1920

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0195 PAINTER

Julia Strömberg

1851 - 1920

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0196 PRODUCER

Amir Aly

Born 1976

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0197 ACTOR

John Degerberg

1892 - 1972

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0198 PROFESSOR

Aina Erlander

1902 - 1990

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0199 LIBRARIAN

Adolf Schück

1897 - 1958

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0200 JOURNALIST

Caj Lundgren

1931 - 2018

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0201 WRITER

Maria von Platen

1871 - 1959

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0202 DESIGNER

Samuel Nyholm

Born 1973

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0203 ACTOR

Maria Fahl Vikander

Born 1951

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0204 HANDBALL

Jessica Ryde

Born 1994

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0205 ACTOR

Thomas Segerström

Born 1946

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0206 HANDBALL

Sten Sjögren

Born 1957

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0207 WRITER

Torgny Säve-Söderbergh

1914 - 1998

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0208 JOURNALIST

Karl Wåhlin

1861 - 1937

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0209 ARCHITECT

Salomon Sörensen

1856 - 1937

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0210 PHYSICIAN

David H. Ingvar

1924 - 2000

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0211 WRITER

Malena Ivarsson

Born 1949

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0212 SCREENWRITER

Alain Darborg

Born 1981

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0213 ATHLETIC

Lennart Andersson (athlete)

1914 - 1997

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0214 ACTOR

Cilla Ingvar

1931 - 1998

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0215 LAWYER

Gustaf Petrén (jurist)

1917 - 1990

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0216 BOTANIST

Bertil Hylmo

1915 - 2001

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0217 PHYSICIAN

Carola Lemne

Born 1958

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0218 PRESENTER

Kakan Hermansson

Born 1981

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0219 SNOWBOARD

Hampus Mosesson

Born 1982

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0220 ACTOR

Ana Gil de Melo Nascimento

Born 1977

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0221 ACTOR

Jonas Karlström

Born 1978

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0222 PAINTER

Brita af Klercker

1906 - 2001

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0223 ATHLETIC

Birgit Lundström

1911 - 2007

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0224 PROFESSOR

Anders Jarlert

Born 1952

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0225 GUITAR

Peter Almqvist

1957 - 2015

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0226 ORIENTALIST

Nils Flensburg

1855 - 1926

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0227 TEATER

Christian Lund

1943 - 2007

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0228 HÄSTUPPFÖDARE

Kirsten Rausing

Born 1952

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0229 PRODUCENT

Göran Lindström

Born 1943

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0230 WRITER

Nils Uddenberg

Born 1938

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0231 ARCHITECT

Thorsten Roos

1906 - 1969

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0232 ACTOR

Christian Fex

Born 1957

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0233 GEODESIST

Nils Ambolt

1900 - 1969

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0234 WRITER

Algot Ruhe

1867 - 1944

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0235 WRITER

Nils Lovén

1796 - 1858

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0236 ACTOR

Linn Bülow

Born 1986

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0237 HANDBALL

Clara Monti Danielsson

Born 1992

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0238 WRITER

Nordal Åkerman

Born 1941

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0239 WRITER

Clara Block

Born 1966

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0240 JOURNALIST

Harald Wägner

1885 - 1925

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0241 FOOTBALL

Anders Friberg

Born 1975

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0242 PAINTER

Gerhard Nordström

1925 - 2019

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0243 PHYSICIAN

Erik Ask-Upmark (professor)

1901 - 1985

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0244 ZOOLOGIST

Carl Allgén

1886 - 1960

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0245 WRITER

Sara Pfeiffer

1829 - 1913

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0246 PAINTER

Madeleine Hatz

Born 1952

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0247 ACTOR

Kristian Lima de Faria

Born 1965

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0248 CIRKUS

Tilde Björfors

Born 1971

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0249 AUTHOR

Artur Möller

1883 - 1940

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0250 ACTOR

Hilda Castegren

1864 - 1945

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0251 PROFESSOR

Carl-Axel Moberg

1915 - 1987

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0252 BUSINESS

Jens Henriksson

Born 1967

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0253 DIPLOMAT

Karl-Anders Wollter

1927 - 2017

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0254 ART HISTORIAN

Lena Liepe

Born 1962

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0255 SINGER

Andrew Collberg

Born 1987

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0256 POLITICIAN

Waldemar Bülow

1864 - 1934

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0257 PLAYER

Lily Strömberg-von Essen

1896 - 1990

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0258 ASTRONOMER

Dainis Dravins

Born 1949

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0259 BUSINESS

Jörn Rausing

Born 1960

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0260 PAINTER

Axel Malmgren

1857 - 1901

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0261 ACTOR

Martin Lima de Faria

Born 1963

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0262 BUSINESS

Finn Rausing

Born 1955

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0263 ACADEMIC

Bengt Hildebrand

1893 - 1964

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0264 FILM

Martin Persson

Born 1963

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0265 MODEL

Marcus Hedbrandh

Born 1985

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0266 ACTOR

Leif Forstenberg

1932 - 2002

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0267 HANDBALL

Emma Friberg

Born 1992

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0268 EDITOR

Matthias von Hermansson

1716 - 1789

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0269 ACADEMIC

Marga Persson

Born 1943

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0270 TEACHER

Hilma Borelius

1869 - 1932

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0271 HANDBALL

Ebba Engdahl

Born 1991

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0272 PSYCHOLOGIST

Jan Agrell

1918 - 2005

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0273 ARTIST

Jakob Kulle

1838 - 1898

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0274 ARCHITECT

Johan af Kleen

1800 - 1884

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0275 POLITICIAN

Karin Granbom Ellison

Born 1977

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0276 PAINTER

Arvid Widerberg

1904 - 1998

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0277 ARTIST

Bertil Lundberg

1922 - 2000

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0278 PIANIST

Carl Petersson (pianist)

Born 1981

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0279 JOURNALIST

Bengt Fahlström

1938 - 2017

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0280 BUSINESS

Nils Nessim

1916 - 1974

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0281 NURSE

Estrid Rodhe

1877 - 1911

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0282 LIBRARIAN

Bengt Hjelmqvist

1903 - 2005

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0283 ACTOR

Karin Nordström

1923 - 2017

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0284 ACTOR

Gotti Sigurdarson

Born 1974

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0285 PRESENTER

Åke Wihlney

1932 - 1985

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0286 ARTIST

Holger Bäckström

1939 - 1997

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0287 COMPOSER

Magnus Börjeson

Born 1967

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0288 POLITICIAN

Robert Mathiasson

Born 1979

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0289 SKIER

Ann Melander

Born 1961

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0290 ÄMBETSMAN

Jacob von Engeström

1735 - 1802

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0291 ÄMBETSMAN

Thord Palmlund

Born 1931

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0292 JOURNALIST

Karl Anders Adrup

1921 - 1994

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0293 ACTOR

Ingela Bohlin

Born 1970

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0294 FILM

Magnus Magnusson (Filmschaffender)

Born 1941

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0295 WRITER

Nils Ludvig Olsson

1893 - 1974

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0296 HISTORIAN

Göran Axel-Nilsson

1907 - 1999

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0297 SURGEON

Nils August Johanson

1872 - 1946

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0298 PRIEST

Ragnar Pihlstrand

1850 - 1914

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0299 PHILOLOGIST

Sven Söderberg (filolog)

1849 - 1901

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0300 PHYSICIAN

Johan Norman

1937 - 2005

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